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Changing the Game for Coral Reefs
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The first-ever global conference addressing coral reef restoration and intervention science took place last week in Key Largo, Fla., featuring over 550 leading scientists and experts from nearly 40 countries. The symposium, Reef Futures, addressed […]
St Kitts Launches New Coral Reef Monitoring Program
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Kitts has launched an important new program to study the state of coral reefs. The St Kitts Department of Environment, in collaboration with the Department of Marine Resources, has installed a Coral Reef Early […]
Hurricane Maria Devastates Dominica
By the Caribbean Journal staff Hurricane Maria made landfall on the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica on Monday night as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour, according to the NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. […]
Irma Hits Cuba, Nears Florida
By the Caribbean Journal staff Hurricane Irma was moving near the north coast of Cuba on Saturday evening, heading toward the Florida Keys, according to the latest projections from the NOAA. The storm was pounding the north coast of Cuba, […]
Hurricane Irma Makes Landfall in the Caribbean
By the Caribbean Journal staff Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands on Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning as a potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. Irma thrashed Barbuda with 185-mph winds before making landfall in St Barth […]
Hurricane Irma Heads for the Caribbean
By the Caribbean Journal staff The now-Category 5 Hurricane Irma was set to make landfall in the Caribbean on Tuesday as islands across the northern Caribbean braced for impact. The storm was about 270 miles east of Antigua at 8 […]
“Poorly Organized” Tropical Storm Erika Moves to Leeward Islands
Storm reaches the Caribbean By the Caribbean Journal staff Tropical Storm Erika was expected to move through the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean late Wednesday and early Thursday morning, according to the NOAA. But while the storm had been strengthening […]
Tropical Storm Watch for Eastern Caribbean as Erika Makes Approach
Another storm nears region By the Caribbean Journal staff Just days after the departure of Danny, Erika is now headed toward the Caribbean. But unlike Danny, which concluded as tropical depression, Erika, which is currently a tropical storm, is “poorly […]
Danny Heads to Caribbean, Weakens to Tropical Depression
Storm downgraded By the Caribbean Journal staff The storm known as Danny was set to make landfall in the Caribbean early Monday, after being downgraded first from a Hurricane, then to a Tropical Storm and finally, early Monday, to a Tropical […]
Undersea Caribbean Volcano Raised to Second-Highest Alert Level
Seismic activity leads to second-highest alert level By the Caribbean Journal staff A Caribbean volcano alert has come to the coast of Grenada. The alert level has been raised to “orange” on the “Kick ‘em Jenny” submarine volcano in Grenada, […]
The Deepest Parts of the Caribbean Sea
Above: a dumbo octopus By the Caribbean Journal staff A new project by the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to go where no one has gone before — in the Caribbean Sea. A new project that launched Friday […]
US Virgin Islands Unveils First-Ever Tsunami Evacuation Maps
Above: the USVI By the Caribbean Journal staff As last week’s earthquake in Puerto Rico reminded, the Caribbean is a seismically active region — and particularly the northern Caribbean. That’s led the US Virgin Islands to debut its first-ever tsunami […]
Study Finds Coral Reefs Could Adapt to Climate Change
Above: a Coral Reef (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Can coral reefs adapt to climate change? According to a new study from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, coral reefs may be able to adapt to […]
Report: Caribbean Could See 3 to 6 Major Hurricanes This Year
Photo source: NOAA By the Caribbean Journal staff The Atlantic basin is slated to see an above-normal hurricane season this year, according to the U.S. government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency is predicting between 12 to 18 named […]
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